Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Richard Osler on Poetry as Prayer The Mystic Cave

Out here, on the other side of church land, how do we give voice to the deepest longings of our hearts? Might poetry help us? Reading poems, might they become our sacred texts; writing them, our personal prayers? Poet Richard Osler believes that poetry delivers us to the deep and holy places of our own souls, places of healing, of inspiration, and of profound Mystery. In this conversation, Richard reintroduces us to the power of poetry ... which, he warns, is not for sissies.

Episode Links
Richard's web site & blog: http://www.recoveringwords.com/site/

Resources mentioned in this episode (and a few others):
Roger Housden, ed, Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime
_____________________, Ten Poems to Set You Free
Also, by the same editor:
Ten Poems to Open Your Heart
Ten poems to Change Your Life
Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and Revelation
Garrison Keillor, ed., Good Poems
______________________, Good Poems for Hard Times


Personal Links
My web site (where you can sign up for my blog): https://www.brianepearson.ca
My email address: mysticcaveman53@gmail.com

Series Music Credit
"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022